Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-03-19
ON THE RIGHT TRACK.
A Movement of the Business Men of Sac
ramento in the Right Direction.

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ramento in the Right Direction.
Since the opening III the middle of Feb
ruary last of the branch Office of the Gen.
trail and Northern California immigration
Association at Los Angeles, more parties
seeking homes have visited the head Office
here than during all last year. The Secre-
tary received letter yesterday advising him
of several parties who will leave Los An
geles in a few days TO see our land. They
all have means, and intend to locate per-
manently. AT first the real estate men in
Los Angeles were disposed to make light
of the work of this Association, but when
they saw the sample fruits they were COM
PEELED to look upon our work in an en-
tirely different light. An orange picked in
Placer county last November attracts un-
usual attention. and appears to carry a
great deal more weight than all the printed
matter that can be laid before the home
seeker. The Los Angeles office is thronged
all day long. Visitors are told that no
undue influence will be brought to bear
upon them to induce them to purchase
land that they viii be given all the infor-
nation they wish, and must decide for
themselves.
This work has reached such magnitude,
and so many large land-holders will not be
bothered with the trouble of subdividiDg
their large fields, and there appearing to be
q disposition on the part of spectators to
take advantage of every bome-seeker that
visits our portion of the State, an associa-
ton has been formed, which has been in
corporated as The Sacramento Land and
Colonization Company" Its objects are to
purchase and sell real properties purchase,
contract and maintain bridges, irrigating
canals and bitches sell water rights, erect
buildings and fences, cultivate and farm
lands, and borrow and loan money with or
without mortgage security. Their princi-
pal object, however, is to purchase large
tracts of land and subdivide the same to
suit the wants of those looking for homes.
They have started with capital of $780,
600, and the present twenty stockholders
represent over $10,000,000. Before buying
land, two or more of the Directors, Gho
are practical judges Of soil, will make a
personal examination and, in addition to
this, the association will employ experts
to make critical examination. This will
give guarantee to every party buying their
homes through this company that they
will get the very best of land.
The association has in view several large
tracts which are near the railroad, and can
be irrigated, but have not decided as yet
which they will place on the market
first As soon as location is Sc
lected suitable Office will be opened,
draughtsmen employed to plot and lay out
town lots, prepare plans for a hotel, SUI
veyors to stake off 90 and 40-acre tracts,
and such work as will put the land in first
class order. The company is now prepared
to receive propositions from any parties
who wish to sell their lands, and viii COM
mence to run excursion trains from South
ern California as soon as all details can be
completed. The following gentlemen have
subscribed for all the stock. 1t will be seen
at glance that they are the leading bust
ness men of cur city, which of itself is
sufficient guarantee that the movement will
be pushed forward in business like man.
ner: Llewellen Tozer, Thomas Dryer, A.
Abbott, VIM. Ingram, Jr., C. A. Luhrs, w.
r. Cluness, H. G. Smith, L. Williams, G. L.
Simmons, Thos B. Hall, P E. Plat, A.
bert Gallatin, ]. R. Watson, N. D. Rideout,
Joseph Steffens, L. L. Lewis, E X. Alsip,
James McNasser, S. G. benson and C. H.
Hubbard 1t has been intimated that no
liquor will be sold in the proposed town
outside of the public hotel.
We received yesterday from Loomis some
early vegetables, cabbage and turnips,
which is further evidence of what can be
raised in our semi tropical north.